Delicious Double Cranberry Orange Sauce Food

CRANBERRY ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine orange juice, orange zest, sugar and 3/4 cup water over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the sugar has dissolved. Stir in cranberries and bring to a boil; reduce heat and let simmer until sauce has thickened, about 15 minutes. Let cool completely before serving.

PERFECT CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Empty a 12-ounce bag of fresh or frozen cranberries into a saucepan and transfer 1/2 cup to a small bowl. Add 1 cup sugar, 1 strip orange or lemon zest and 2 tablespoons water to the pan and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves and the cranberries are soft, about 10 minutes. Increase the heat to medium and cook until the cranberries burst, about 12 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and stir in the reserved cranberries. Add sugar, salt and pepper to taste and cool to room temperature before serving.

DELICIOUS DOUBLE CRANBERRY-ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan combine cranberry juice concentrate and sugar; bring to a boil over high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• Add in the fresh and dried cranberries; cook until the dried berries begin to soften and the fresh berries begin to pop, stirring often (about 7 minutes).
• Remove from heat and stir in the orange marmalade, orange juice and allspice; cool completely, cover and refrigerate until cold (about 2 hours).

CRANBERRY-ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Squeeze juice from oranges.
• This should yield just about 1 cup, make up any difference with water.
• In a 2-qt saucepan, bring all ingredients to a boil.
• Reduce fire to a nice simmer, stirring occasionally, and cooking till cranberries pop, some 5 to 8 minutes.
• Mixture will thicken as it chills.
• Refrigerate at least 3 hours, but this can easily be made a day in advance, and keeps up to 4 days in the fridge.

CRANBERRY SAUCE WITH ORANGE JUICE

Steps:

• Combine water, sugar, orange juice, cinnamon stick, ginger, orange zest, salt, cloves, and allspice in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until sugar is dissolved, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir cranberries into the sugar mixture in the saucepan and return to a boil over medium heat. Cook until cranberries start to burst and mixture thickens slightly, 8 to 10 minutes; sauce will thicken further upon cooling.
• Transfer cranberry sauce to a bowl; remove and discard cinnamon stick. Store in the refrigerator; for best flavor, bring to room temperature before serving.

BLUEBERRY-CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Remove all the discolored/white cranberries and discard, then rinse the cranberries and blueberries separately under cold water.
• Place the cranberries into a medium saucepan with the orange juice and sugar; bring to a boil over medium heat stirring.
• Reduce the heat to low and simmer uncovered for about 10 minutes or until the cranberries pop.
• Using a potato masher or the back of a large spoon slightly mash the berries just to make certain all the skins are broken.
• Mix in the allspice, nutmeg and cinnamon starting with 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and add in more to taste; mix until completely combined (about 1 minute) adjust the spices if needed.
• Turn off the heat element and mix in the blueberries.
• Using a potato masher or spoon mash only a few berries.
• Remove from heat; cool slightly.
• Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate until thickened (the sauce will thicken as it cools).

CRANBERRY SAUCE WITH ORANGE AND CINNAMON

Steps:

• Place orange in a large saucepan and pour in cold water to come 1" up sides of pan. Bring to a boil, then remove immediately from heat and drain orange in a mesh sieve or colander. Rinse under cold water; return to saucepan. Add cranberries, sugar, butter, cinnamon, allspice, and salt and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Cook, stirring often and reducing heat as needed to avoid scorching, until cranberries burst, juices are syrupy, and pan is visible when a wooden spoon is dragged across the bottom, 12-15 minutes. Let cool.
• Do Ahead
• Sauce can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and chill.

CRANBERRY ORANGE CHICKEN - CROCK POT

Steps:

• Rub salt onto chicken breasts and place in bottom of crock pot.
• In a medium bowl place onion, celery, cranberry sauce, orange juice, dry mustard, cinnamon, lemon juice, honey, brown sugar and chili sauce. Stir and pour over chicken breasts.
• Place lid on crock pot and top with kitchen towel using instructions in description above. (My crock pot is only 3 months old and I still do this.) Turn crock pot on high and allow to cook 1 hour. Turn on low for 3 or 4 hours. NOTE: I have tried leaving crock pot on high the entire time and this dish was done in 3 1/2 hours.
• Lift lid and quickly place orange slices over chicken without stirring. Cook an additional hour.
• Combine cornstarch and cold water. Add last 10 minutes of cooking time for thickening purposes.
• Serve over cooked rice and enjoy!

SPICED CRANBERRY-ORANGE SAUCE WITH ZINFANDEL

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except cranberries in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat and simmer until reduced to 1 3/4 cups, about 10 minutes. Strain syrup into a large saucepan.
• Add cranberries to syrup and cook over medium heat until berries burst, about 6 minutes. Cool. Transfer sauce to a medium bowl. Cover and refrigerate until cold. Can be made one week ahead and kept refrigerated. Freezes well.